The Daily Worker Newspaper, February 26, 1927, Page 1

| | | FIRST SECTION This issue consists of two sections. Be sure to get them both. Vol. IV. No. 38. THE DAILY WORKER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In New York, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside New York, by mail, $6.00 per year. NEW YORK’S LABOR DAILY Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. NEW YORK. SATURDAY, FEB, 26, 1927 " Published Daily except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKE: PUBLISHING CO., 38 First Street, New York, N. FINAL CITY EDITION Price 5 Cents ¥. es re pare WOLL HEADS ANTI-LABOR SQUAD, SAYS MAURER Walkups and High Rents| Feature Housing in Bronx Jerry-built Structures With Small Rooms and No Fire Escapes Characterize Newest of the Big Boroughs | | | The Bronx, inhabited by the foreign born and yet American to the core, is a cross section of greater New York, with miserably | crowded workers’ tenements and spacious, beautiful dwellings for | the leisured. But rents and tpartments are both high—the rents | averaging $45 and the apartments five stories and up, with no | elevators. Will de Kalb gives DAILY WORKER readers an in- sight into Bronx housing in today’s article. Sunday he will de- ‘Claim U.S. Copper | * . { Chilean Dictator | SANTIAGO, Chili, Feb. 25.—The Anaconda and Guggenheim copper interests are rumored to be the chief financial support of the Ibanez dictatorship here which con- ducts wholesale arrests and de- portations of the opposition. Mantel Vicuna, head of the late cabinet, has been ordered deported but has obtained a supreme court decision suspending the order. Ra- fael Gumucio, director of the con- servative newspaper Diario Illus- trado, has been arrested. Three Communist papers have been suppressed and a large num- scribe Yorkville and the Queens. . By WILL All classes, all nationalities, all sections of New York are represented in| This most northern borough of greater New York is the only real “melting pot” in the cast. of the foreign-born, yet it is not a “foreign” community, nor has it any real | the population of the Bronx. “foreign” quarters. * 9 DE KALB. It is composed, in the main, If you want to get a vivid, accurate picture of the present housing situa- tion, hop on a subway train that’s going to the Bronx. The borough affords composite picture of the good and CURRENT EVENTS; By T. J. O7FLAHERTY pe ag APRA BORAH insinuates that Coolidge and Kellogg plotted with the British government to have a British warship sent to Nicaragua to act as a “haven of refuge” for ritish nationals whose lives might be jeopardized by the civil war rag- ing in that country, a war, which | would have been over long ago had not the United States government sent its marines in there to main- tain a reactionary puppet of Amer- ican imperialism in the presidential chair. Here is a splendid opportun- ity for a serious opposition to surd Kelloge scurvying for safety ve we wide open spaces of Minnesota. There is no serious opposition to the administration’s Latin-American policy. Borah talks a good deal in congress but Borah is not organiz- ing @ mass opposition. Eastern democrats are tied up with Wal! Street and the westernérs are all! wool between the ears. Here is a chance for a good old lion-tail-pull- ing exercise. Whas congress needs now is a fellow with imagination like William Hale Thompson of Chi- cago, who in his campaign for the mayoral nomination on the republi- car. ticket threatened to bust King George in the nose if he came but- ting into Chicago’s business. When the Prince’ of Wales is not busy falling off his bloomin’ ’orse he is busy slumming in London. . The heir to the throne goes around see- ing how the great half-fed exist. The prince is not taking those trips of his own accord. The British rul- ing classes are clever and farsighted. They want to popularize the young man who may yet be king, among the masses. There are hard times in store for the empire and some day when the long pent up grievances of the masses may be expressed in a desire to pull down the state pil- lars around the ears of the tory and liberal politicians, a2 popular prince may be an asset. AYOR JIMMY WALKER re- turned from Cuba and ee Reach and the papers that announce his return also announced that more than seventy padlocked night clubs were unpadlocked. The mayor is a hard worker, but he likes a little re- laxation. He may have talked a lit- tle about politics with another toiler, ex-mayor Hylan, when the pair met at Palm Beach. Mr. Walker returned without a transit plan, we are told. But the mayer whe would solve the transit problem for this city would be cursed by capitalist politicians of this’ generation and burned in effigy \ by their political heirs. USSOLINI’S nation-wide cam- 7 paign to encourage large fam- ilies has been dislocated by the ac- tion of milk contractors in distribut- ing adulterated milk, resulting in a high infantile death rate. All Ben- ito’s exhortations went for naught. ‘The next accident that will happen to Mussolini’s scheme for a greater supply of cannon fodder may be the production of adulterated children: Ww ex Horton Malone, promi- nent New York beggar, pulled out his Swiss watch and saw that it was time to quit offering pencils to the passersby as a burnt offering for whatever the generous donor put (Continued on Page Two) bad conditions found in all other sec- -{ tions. y Everything that has been said aboxt | | living conditions in the city is applica- | ble to sections of the Bronx. Some | parts of it rival the Ghetto. Some are | almost an image of Harlem. Some! are as beautiful, as pleasant to live) in as well-kept Seagate in Brooklyn, where “Al” Smith and other “poor” | members of the rich elite even have | a private police and street cleaning | force, to make the section still more exclusive. A Little Housing Relief. In justice to yr antion must be that has been d‘ne to’ relieve the) housing shortage has been done} chiefly in the Bronx.» Outside of aj little building in Queens, most of it! has~beén done right here, by Bronx) builders. But’it didn’t change the sit- uatisz. any. . { Although the Brotrx has the best building record in the city, this ap- plies to apartment houses leasing at! $10 a room or more. Of the few | places I heard of that leased for less, | I was immediately informed that the | rents were raised to the standard} level at the first opportunity. | If any Albany politicians are skep-| tical about the existence of a housing | shortage, I would suggest that they | drop up to one of the renting offices | in the vicinity of the Hub when ‘a new announcement is made of gn apart-| ment to be built. The rapidity with! which the rooms.are snapped up by (Continued on Page Three) | made at the ou: ink that everything - ber of persons, mostly Communist | deputies and labor union officials, | have been added to the 100 or more already arrested and ordered de- ported. Panic Foreseen In Building Profit Orgy By WALLPROL. A “panic of frightful proportions” will engulf the nation if the present ergy of building speculation is not halted. This warning was given yesterday by Attorney General Albert Ottinger in a statement issued at Albany. With billions of dollars of sur- plus values pressing on the money market for investment, building fi- nance compatiies have engaged in fi- |naneial jugglery on .a colossal scale in the past four years. S. W. Straus, perhaps the leading building bond salesman of America, pleaded re- cently for an entire cessation for six, months of further building. financing. The stimulation of building activity far beyond the needs of the country has already resulted in the overbuild- ing of business and factory structures and will lead to a general paralysis of the building industry, Straus warned. Two million building trades work- ers, more than half of whom are or- ganized, will be seriously affected in the event of the collapse of this stimu- (Continued on Page Three) ~ COOLIDGE VETOES day. The two bills have been clos FARMERS’ BILL AS HE SIGNS THE BANKERS’ BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—President Coolidge today double- crossed the farm bloc and did his bit for the establishment of a/ floor called for police, who arrested money trust by vetoing the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill and | signing the McFadden branch banking bill on one and the same) ely united thruout their passage in congress. Both went over as a result of a bargain between the middle western senators back of farm relief, with the Morgan) senators, pushing the branch banking act. Vice President Dawes took a leading part in the negotiations. by which they were passed. He is reported as having no comment on the action of the Presi- For Attack — Gunman Who Shot Worker | Attacks Pickets Again | Max Richter, member of “Pren- | | chy’s” gang, now awaiting*the action | of the grand jury for the shooting of Samuel Cohen, was arrestéd again Friday morning when he and fellow | gangsters attacked the picket line at | the Millare and Mandel Cloak Shop, 213 West 35th Street. Already under | $8,000 bonds for shooting Cohen, he was ordered held without bail pend- \ing the investigation of his record by Judge ‘Tolleris in Jefferson Market Court. | Richter gave his name a8 Max Rich, | but was identified as Richter, who} | with three other men, attacked Cohen as he was coming away from a picket | | line at Rothman, Reisman and Beaver | | shop at 521 West 57th Street, shoot- | jing him in the foot. | Two other gangs: ‘Max Alen-| | nich and Sol Freeberg, arrested with | him on Friday, were released on bai! | of $500 upon a charge of disorderly | conduct. They will come up for hear- | ing on March 4th. res Mass Attack On Line. | The picket lines were attacked as \if by a mass campaign on Friday. | | The police already had captured three | prisoners and were on their way to) |the 30th Street Police Station when | they heard cries of help from Millare and Mandell Shop, where Richter and his fellow-gangsters were beating up B. Lishovoff, Julius Shapiro, Dan Pol- | lack, and M. Shanez. The last named | received severe cuts on his face and jhead after he had been thrown to| jthe street, and was’ thé “oniplainant on the felonious assault’ charge | against Richter. . The three arrested earlier are well |known to pickets as “Dubinsky’s | boys,” being part of the strong arm | brigade of David Dubinsky, manager of Cutters’ Local 10. They were ar- rested after they attempted to as- sault Aaron Wortums, of the Charles Meisel Shop, 225 West 36th Street, | | and cutters who were with him. They | gave their names as Sam Greenberg, Max Blum and Harry Cohen, and were held on $500 bail to appear March 4. Menace Workers. | _Wortums was standing near his | shop, which is not on strike, waiting | to identify the men who attacked and | beat him up on February 23, as he| was waiting to go up to work. As| the three men passed, he pointed them out to friends as his assailants. They immediately started toward the group, | threatening Wortums with “a worse one than you got last time.” He ran to the elevator, and from the second the trio. It was on the trip to the station with these three that the police dis- | covered the trouble at the Millare and Mandel shop. BUY THE DAILY WORKER AT THE NEWSTANDS Diaz Sells Out Gangster Hed! Sond WollAfterFarrington | Companies Backing |, ipo WOLL has been caught betraying labor. The accusation, together with the evidence, has been made public by James H. Maurer, president of the Pennsyl- vania State Federation of Labor. Woll, as acting president of the Civic Federation of Labor, is responsible for the efforts of that organization to kill various old age pension bills—legislation endorsed by the American Federation of Labor of which he is a vice president. The anti-labor activities of the Civic Federation are financed by the Carnegie Foundation. Woll is therefore a beneficiary of a fund left by the de- ceased steel capitalist who fought labor all his life and left a stipulated sum to finance these activities after his death. There is something ghoulish in the role now played by Vice President of ‘ A.F. L. Fights Pensions Unites With Bosses Against Measure Unions Endorse WASHINGTON—(FP—Has Mat- thew Woll, a vice-president of the American Federation of Labor which has repeatedly endorsed old age pen- sions for the veterans of industry, a right to act as president of an or- Woll, Through him as head of the Civic Federation the dead hand of Andrew Carnegie, who in his day hired hundreds of Pinkerton detectives to disrupt the labor movement, pays salaries to respectable stool pigeons equipped with fountain pens and typewriters to poison the channels of publicity and deceive workers. Some of this tribe parade as officials of the labor movement. Woll has tried to cover his career as an agent of the enemies of labor with the mantle of a crusader. He has spe- cialized in denouncing Communists as enemies of the labor movement, It seems clear now that Woll’s purpose in his attempts to drive Communist workers out of the labor movement has been to distract attention from his own Judas-like activities. His motto has been the same as that credited to William Hale Thompson, former mayor of Chicago, by his erstwhile friend Fred Lundin: “When in doubt, hire a band.” Woll has beaten the tom-toms and called for war on Communist and left wing workers until the labor movement is distracted with the din. While labor officialdom has been hunting for. Commun- ists Woll has been gathering in and paying out the Carnegie fund shekels to scuttle the old-age pension legislation. There is a remarkable similarity between the cases of Woll and Frank Farrington, former president of District 12, United Mine Workers of America, recent fraternal delegate to the British Trade Union Congress, now exposed as a paid agent of the Peabody Coal Company in the Miners’ Union and forced to resign. Farrington was a mighty hunter of “reds.” He expelled _ all militant opposition elements and even ruled that the de- fense committee organized to back the victims of the Ku Klux Klan in Ziegler, Illinois, was a “dual organization.” Farrington joined hands with Lewis in the expulsion campaign against the Communists and left: wingers. Like Woll, Farrington could work himself into a frenzy on the subject of Americanism versus Communism while saying nothing but nice things about the bosses. To a considerable section of the American working class this attitude on the part of a labor leader means the same thing as finding an individual writing code letters to a de- tective agency or the department of justice. Before very long it is a test that will be used by the whole labor movement to determine the loyalty of its leaders. We are sure that if this test is applied to Matthew Woll and the trade union membership permitted to express their conclusions, his Jekyll and Hyde career will end suddenly. We do not advocate any cruel and unusual punishment for Woll—we do not want to send him to prison or deport him although this is his program for dealing with Communist workers. What we want and what we are going to get, with the support of some millions of workers who have no love for agents of the bosses whether they are just ordinary spies or acting presidents of the Civic Federation, is the abolition of Woll and all he stands for in the American labor movement. In plain words we do not care a tinker’s damn how long ganization that is trying to kill all pending old age pension measures? That is the issue raised by Jas, M Maurer, veteran president of the | Pennsylvania Federation of Labor | and chairman of the Pennsylvania | Commission on Old Age Pensions. He | has written Woll a letter, pointing j out that Woll is acting president of |the National Civic Federation, and that Ralph M. Easley, chairman of its executive council, which contains a number of the worst anti-labor em- | Ployers in the United States, is now trying to cheat aged workers of ola |age pensions favored by organized |labor. Maurer says to Woll that it is hardly consistent for Woll to be in both camps. | Violating A. F. L. Ruling. | “The A. F. of L. at a number of | conventions,” writes Maurer, “unani- |mously adopted resolutions demand- | ing the establishment of old age pen- | sion laws throughout the states. “In view of the above I am puzzled | to understand a letter, addressed ap- | parently to all governors and legis- lators by the Natl. Civic Federation ef which you are the acting presi- dent and signed by Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the executive council. In substance, it practically asks the povernors and legislators to do noth= | ing on old age pensions until a study | now being undertaken by the Civic Federation is completed and modestly | suggests that only this study will reveal the truth about the problem. Woll’s Letter Lies. “It also untruthfully asserts that ‘there are no reliable statistics at present except those pertaining to the population of Massachusetts’.” Maurer goes on to say that “A perusal of the men connected with (Continued on Page Three) AL HARBORS GIRL WHO FLED HOME OF LOGAL JUDGE ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 25.—Kasia Mahoney, 15-year-old daughter of Supreme Court Justice Jeremiah T, Mahoney of New York City, who was | found in Cohoes, N. Y., today after being mysteriously missing from her home since Monday, was brought to the executive mansion this afternoon. Governor Smith is a close personal friend of Judge Mahoney. Kasia spent last night at police headquarters in Cohoes. She asked for lodging after her money had given Protest Deportation Of Enea Sarmenti at Webster Hall Meeting A united front meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon, two p. m. at Webster Hall, 11st., near Third Ave., to rally working class sentiment against the deportation of political refugees. Enea Sormenti, editor of Il Lavar- atore is scheduled for deportation at the present time. Thousands of other workers are in danger. Their only crime is that they are fighting the tyrannical ryle of Mussolini who has burnt down working men’s clubs, trade union offices and co-operative ali who showed the slightest working class sympathies. The A. F. or L. Conventions have denounced Mussolini and Fascism in no uncertain fashion. The mass meeting tomorrow will crystallize the protest of the workers of New York. Prominent speakers, repre- sentatives of all shades of opinion will attend, ; The Army, Finance That the president would sign the and Sove reignty McFadden bill was a foregone con-| WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. — An clusion. But that he would veto the| outline of the treaty of alliance be- farm bill, and do so in the irritating-| tween the United States, and Nica-, ly insulting manner which he chose,|ragua, amounting virtually to an was something of a surprise. In an| American protectorate over the coun- dent’ today. z A Brutal Rejection, societies, and also brutally murdered | . 8,000. word message accompanying the veto, Coolidge gives as his first reason the appointive power of the president. The election of a farm board is declared . unconstitutional, and an opinion to that effect by the attorney-general is enclosed in the message. Secondly, the president thinks the scheme will not work, and thirdly,.that it would be a bad thing if it did work. © Charge Building Grart. SCARSDALE, N. Y., Feb, 25. —| Walter J. Mitchell, of Mount Vernon, building inspector for Scarsdale for | the past eight years, was arraigned today on a charge of grand larceny. Police alleged that the books of the building department revealed a short- age of several thousand dollars dur- | | | Read The Daily Worker Every Day | Read The Daily Worker Every Day) ing the last three years, try, which President Diaz has pro- posed to the state department was made public here ‘oday in the form of an appeal! from ‘iat for American public support. Diaz proposes to give the United States a “permanent right of inter- vention” if the treaty is consummated, permit American contro! of Nicara- guan government finance, and Amer- ican direction of a Nicaraguan’ con- stabulary, to be set up after the dis- solution of the present armies. Though the request for a treaty now comes apparently from Diaz, Wal) Street’s puppet president of Nicara- gua, the first reports emenating from Washington were that the state de- partment had demanded that, Diaz consent to a protectorate over Nica- ragua, Woll continues to be a member and official of the Civic Fed- eration, but we are going to do all in our power to see that he is driven out of the American trade union movement. “We Want Woll To Follow Farrington” is a good slogan. jout. At first she denied her identity, | claiming she was “Margery Kindall,” | but later she admitted she was the {missing daughter of Judge and Mrs. Mahoney. Marines Hold Liberal While Diaz Attacks in Safety Near | Matagalpa MANAGUA, Feb. 25, — While American marines are now occupy- ing the principal cities of Nicara- gua, an army of Diaz troops has set out from Matagalpa to give battle to the liberal forces to the east of that city. President Diaz has turned over the Tiscapa Fortress to U. 8. ma- rines, who are also in occupation at Leon and Chinandega. As the marines extend thelr ac- tivities there is scarcely any terri- tory left for the liberals to attempt to take from the Diaz forces. THOMPSON -DEVER FIGHT IS BOOZE ws When she arrived at police head- quarters she carried a small handbag containing an extra pair of stockings, two bracelets and & package of cigar- AGAINST WEALTH CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—The election excitement is just beginning here. After the spectacular success of the the street fighting which featured the primary elections, Big Bill Thomp- son’s forces are concentrating against Thompson-Crowe machine in Mayor Dever. Thompson is a wet, who says that | if he is elected, “10,000 places of business, closed by Dever will be re- opened,” and that King George of England will be told not to censor (Continued on Page Two) ettes. U. S. Marines Are Now |Ready to Land in China | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Ameri- can marines are expected to land in | Shanghai for joint action with British | troops within the next few hours, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur was so informed by Admiral Clarence Williams, commander-in-chief of the American forces at Shanghai. Secre- esa Wilbur immediately went to the | (Continued on Page Two) New Yonkers Boulevard. YONKERS, N. Y,, Feb. 25.—A new boulevard through this city along the Hudson River waterfront has been recommended to relieve congestion caused by through automobile traffic. Ask Your Newsdealer For WORKER! Get Your Fellow Workers To Buy It! * a fy jit ie ae i may ' . i y ii ai .